Recent content by Honerabi

Check out Knife Steel Nerds@ Knife Steel Nerds - Metallurgy and Testing of Knives and Steel Partial to SST for a long time, but carbon steel stays sharper for longer. SST has quite a history from 304 all the way up to 904L.

10" DMT DuoSharp Bench Stone coarse/fine with stand worked well when out in the field.

Giant asparagus with blood oranges and hazelnuts.

Sauteed spinach with garlic was my go to choice for greens with steak. Morton's in SF offers it. Needed gobs of butter.

Arkansas bench stones, soft & hard, 12"x3"x1".

About to attempt another batch of the Bayerischer Süßer Senf. Even with the whole mustard seeds, the first batch was great. I have to have it in my sandwhiches. Going to use the Kinu coffee grinder with the standard burrs, probably the coarsest grind possible. Agonizing over what kind of white...

I'm able to get the piloncillo, the 8 oz pylons of cane sugar. Likely to find it in Latino markets.

I'd be concerned with plastic getting into the mustard seeds. We're ingesting way too much plastic as it is.

I'm getting ready to do another batch of Bavarian mustard, and taking stock of my white vinegars. I have the standard Heinz distilled white wine vinegar, but I think I used a champagne vinegar before. They (Napa Valley Naturals, and Vilux) aren't particularly remarkable. I found a Mizkan brown...

Spotted the Gude "The Knife" on Perigold over 3 years ago, unavailable. Thought I was going to be notified when it was back in stock. Never was. Contacted Gude directly. Liked the bolster design. Center of mass of the hand is over the heel of the blade. Price had gone up (seriously?). Grenadilla...

Just got a reply from Hocho/Yoshihiro. The line is part of the Kanji. Trying to find out what it means. Don't read characters in any language.

What does it mean? I don't think it's a symbol for anything. Termination?

Whatever the line is, IMHO it detracts from the Kanji. I suspect that the Kanji is CNC generated, and it didn't terminate properly at the end of the engraving sequence. Whatever, it doesn't affect the cutting. I think it's a blemish.

Thanks, you guys. I've never seen that. Still a gremmie.

Just noticed an engraved line perpendicular to the column of characters. Is this part of the character string, or did the engraver slip? If it's the latter, then it's a defect in the finish. Anyone else know for sure? Maybe I'm being too anal.